Copycat Killers

The 1999 box-office hit shocked viewers with the film's mind bending plot. In 2003, Joshua Cooke said he lived in the Matrix when he murdered his parents.

In 2012, James Eagan Holmes killed 12 people at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado. After his arrest, he claimed to be the Joker from the movie Batman.

Breaking Bad has earned its place among the greatest dramas in TV history. One fan becomes nearly as famous when he copies the show's most gut wrenching, twisted idea.

Robocop's box office success proved that audiences were desperate for blood-spurting gore. One fan couldn't wait to copy the bloodiest scenes for the ultimate revenge.

The Basketball Diaries tells the story of a star student's decent into the seedy underground world. In 1997, a teenager re-enacts the movie's most violent scene.

When teenager Jake Evan watched slasher film Halloween he was inspired to recreate one brutal scene. But he soon learned that real life doesn't unfold like the movies.

Clint Eastwood's iconic quote from the film Dirty Harry has become legendary. But the film also inspired Dale Pierre to commit heinous crimes.

The chilling catchphrase from the slasher film Child's Play, was used to horrifying effect in the 1992 kidnap and torture of Suzanne Capper.

In Litherland, UK, 16-year-old Allan Bentley decides to copy the torturous and violent behaviour he sees in the film Reservoir Dogs to deal with his own problems.

X-Men fan, Jed Allen, sees one of the film's characters, Wolverine, as the hero he wants to be. Soon, his obsession is taken too far and he can't accept reality...

In the film Deliverance, four friends take a trip that ends in murder. How did one viewer turn the most brutal scene into one of the worst-ever copycat crimes?

For most, The Collector is a grisly tale that put's every woman's worst nightmare on the big screen. But for one fan, their obsession with the plot becomes reality.

Joe Hunt's words of success in the 1987 film Billionaire Boys Club, are all too inspiring for two brothers. But fame comes with a price, and so does murder.

In the 2013 film The Purge, the US government legalise all crime for 12 hours once a year. For one fan, the film's ideas inspired him to play out his...

The Omen has been named an undisputed cult classic. Its demonic themes resonate with one fan, Sean Sellers, who's inspired to re-enact the character of Damien.

When Erin falls for the wrong guy, it leads to a sordid love affair that tears a family apart. Her life mirrors Reese Witherspoon's character in the movie, Fear.

In Primal Fear Aaron Stampler claims his alternate personality Roy is guilty of two brutal murders. For Janice, her baffling case is all too similar to the cult classic.

For one young mother, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 becomes a harsh reality when she is buried alive by her abusive fiance and left fighting for her life.